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06/19/2006 GTEC Summer Institute - Day One View
06/20/2006 GTEC Summer Institute - Day Two View
06/21/2006 GTEC Summer Institute - Day Three View
06/22/2006 GTEC Summer Institute - Day Four View
06/23/2006 GTEC Summer Institute - Day Five View
08/05/2006 ESRI Education Users Conference View
09/01/2006 Geospatial Module Due View
09/01/2006 Geospatial Literacy/Survey Pre-test View
09/01/2006 GTEC Student Permission Letter View
10/10/2006 VisionNet Conference: 4:30 - 6:30 View
11/01/2006 Implement GIS Curriculum Module View
12/01/2006 Site Visit View
01/16/2007 VisionNet Conference: 4:30 - 6:30 View
02/01/2007 Pilot GIS Competition View
03/06/2007 GTEC VisionNet Conference: 4:30 - 6:30. View
04/01/2007 Curriculum Video Tape View
04/01/2007 Site Visit View
05/01/2007 Geospatial Literacy/Survey Pre-test View
05/01/2007 Submit Geospatial Curriculum View
05/08/2007 GTEC VisionNet Conference: 4:30 - 6:30. View
06/18/2007 2007 GTEC Summer Institute View
2007 GTEC Summer Institute Agenda
June 18-22
University of Montana
Journalism Building, Room 106

GTEC Summer Institute Leaders:
Lisa M. Blank, UM School of Education
Jeff W. Crews, UM School of Education
Rachel A. Loehman, UM NTSG
Tim Mosbacher, Hellgate Elementary School
Randy Knuth, Project Evaluator

Monday, June 18, 2007

8:00 – 8:30 AM Welcome and Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 AM GTEC Project Overview

9:00 – 9:45 AM GPS Introductions

10:00 – 11:30 AM

Geospatial QuickTopic
What is Geospatial Data

Exploring Google Earth Applications for the Science Classroom

Geospatial QuickTopic
Raster vs. Vector Data and Resolution

11:30-12:00 PM Randy Knuth – Project Evaluation

12:00-1:00 PM Lunch – UM Food Zoo

1:00 – 2:00 PM

Examining Google Earth Tours

Geospatial QuickTopic
Scale and File Size

2:00-4:00 PM

Professor Dick Hutto, UM Avian Science Center Director (http://avianscience.dbs.umt.edu/)
Exploration of Avian Spatial Data Sets and GIS Modeling Approaches

4:00 – 4:30 PM Workshop Wrap-up

Tuesday, June 19

8:00 – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 12:00 AM

Building Google Earth Tours to Support Habitat Suitability Analyses & Reports

12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch – UM Food Zoo

1:00 – 4:30 PM

Using ArcView 9.2 in the Science Classroom
Animated Tutorials Using PEP Data Set

4:30 – 5:00 PM

Tim Mosbacher, GTEC Cohort One Teacher, Hellgate Elementary School
Project Presentation: Using GIS in the Middle School

5:00 – 5:30 PM Workshop Wrap-up

Wednesday, June 20

8:00 – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:30 AM

Introduction to Data Mining
Internet-served Maps

9:30 - 11:00

Jim Barber, GIS Specialist, Geospatial Services Group, USDA Forest Service

11:00 – 12:00

Exploring Spatial Data Resources
Individual Data Mining

12:00-1:00 Lunch – UM Food Zoo

1:00-1:30 GTEC Classroom GIS Project Overview

1:30 – 2:30 Data Mining

2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Individual Teacher Project Work

4:00 pm to 4:30 pm Workshop Wrap-up

6:00 – 10:30 PM
Raft trip on the Clark Fork Gorge with Montana River Guides

Thursday, June 21, 2007

8:00 – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 12:00 PM

Advanced GIS Operations: Using Tools and Extensions

12:00-1:00 PM Lunch – UM Food Zoo

1:00 – 5:00 PM Individual Teacher Project Work

Friday, June 22, 2007

8:00 – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 11:00 PM Individual Teacher Project Work

11:00-12:00 PM Project Presentations

12:00-1:00 PM Lunch – UM Food Zoo

1:00 – 3:00 PM GPS Drawing

3:15-4:00

Synchronous Chats: Creating Shapefiles; Map Projections; GIS Competition;
Project Capstone

4:00-5:00 GTEC Summer Institute Wrap-up (Evaluations, Next Steps . . .)